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A 42-year-old female client with a long-standing history of chronic nausea and vomiting but a near-insatiable appetite has had her symptoms attributed to an enzyme deficiency.
 
  Further diagnostic testing indicates that she has inadequate pancreatic enzyme levels and that her large appetite is due to a lack of enzyme control of food intake inhibition. In which of the following enzymes is the woman most likely deficient?
  A)
  Cholecystokinin
  B)
  Ghrelin
  C)
  Gastrin
  D)
  Secretin
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Cholecystokinin is responsible for inhibiting food intake as well as stimulating pancreatic enzyme secretion. Ghrelin stimulates food intake, while gastrin stimulates gastric acid production, and secretin inhibits it.
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